Shipping-case



(No Model.)

0. MITRUGKER.

SHIPPING CASE.

No. 311.025. Patented Jan. 20, 1885 INVENTOR BY O ' ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. PhulnLithugrapt-xer. Washmgtan, D C.

UNITED STATES CHRISTIAh MITRUCKER,

Y PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIPPING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION iorming part of Letters Patent No. 311,025, dated January20, 1885.

Application filed April 29, 1884. (No model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Mrtrauoxna, of Chicago;in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedShipping-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedshipping-case for shipping fruits, vegetables, meats, dressed poultry,fish, butter, eggs, and other perishable articles.

The invention consists in certain new and useful improvements inshipping-cases, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved shipping-case, showing thecover partly raised. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, the guards beingremoved. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation of the case, parts beingshown in section on theline m 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional View on the line yy, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inside view of theguard on the end of the case. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of theangle-piece to which the pivot is secured. Fig. 7 shows the lever fordisengaging the latch that locks the case. Figs. 8 and 9 are perspectiveviews of modifications of the flanges for the cover.

' The box A is provided with a cover, B, provided at the ends withdownwardly-pro jecting flanges C, each having a longitudinal slot, 0, inthe bottom edge of which a notch, C is formed, preferably a shortdistance from the front end. Through the slots C pins D pass, which arepreferably screwthreaded, and project from angle-pieces E, secured onthe top rear edges of the end pieces, the said pins or pivots Dprojecting outward from the ends of the box. A thim- -ble, sleeve, orroller, E, is mounted on each pin. On the outer surface of each endpiece a guard, F, is held, the said guards having their inner surfacesrecessed along their top edges to form grooves G for receiving theflanges C of the cover, which thus pass between the outer surfaces ofthe ends and the inner surfaces of the guards. The guards are held onthe" box by angle-irons H, secured to the front of the box and to theouter surfaces of the front ends of the guards. On the inner surfaces ofthe guards upright plates J are secured, which are provided withapertures J, into which the threaded pivots or pins D can be screwed,thus forming a support for the outer ends of the said pivots, and alsoholding the inner ends of the guards to the ends of the case. The upperedges of the guards can be flush with the upper edges of the ends of thebox, as shown in the left-hand side of Fig. 1, or they can project abovethe box, as shown in the right-hand side of Fig. 1. The flanges C of thebox are preferably formed of angle-irons secured on the top surface andends of the cover or lid, and the said flanges can also be constructedas shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Each guard is provided in its inner surfaceand bottom edge with a recess, K, from which a groove, L, extendsupward.

In the groove L of each guard-piece a bent lever, M, is pivoted by a pinpassing through the slot M of the lever, which lever is provided at thebottom with a V-shaped plate, N, for receiving the fingers. Oppositeeach groove L in the guards a vertical groove, 0, is formed in the outersurface of each end piece of the box, and in front of the said groove anupwardly-projecting spring-hook, P, is secured on the outer surface ofthe side of the box, and through the said spring-hook a pin, Q, passes,which prevents the hook from swinging laterally, and around the said pinQ aspiral'spring, R, is wound, which presses the spring-hook outward, soas to engage it with the notch c in the bottom edge of the slot C in thecorresponding flange, C, of the cover. In the top edges of the endsrollers S arejournaled, on which the cover can slide. The box isprovided in its front and back, and, if desired, also in its sides orends, with a series of apertures, m, covered on the inner side by awire-netting or perforated plates, and the cover is provided with aseries of apertures, or, also covered with wire-netting or perforatedplates, which apertures permit of the thorough ventilation of the box.

The box is opened and closed in the following manner: NVhen the cover isclosed, the flanges C rest in the grooves G between the guards and thebox, and the hooks of the spring hooks or latches 1? rest in the notchesC" in the bottom edges of the slots C of the flange 0, thus holding thecover on the box. If the box is to be opened,the fingers are placed inthe V-shaped plates N, formed on thelower ends of the levers M, and thelower ends of the said levers M are pulled or pressed in the directionfrom the end of the box, thereby pressing the upper ends of the springhooks or latches P inward and disengaging them from the flanges O of thecover. The cover can then be raised, or can be pushed toward the rear,the cover sliding on the rollers S and on the rollers E on the pivots.The cover can then be swung down against the back of the box, therollers E on the pin D holding the cover in a vertical position on theback of the box. If the box is to be closed, the cover is raised, thenswung down on the top of the box, the flanges 0 pass into the grooves Gbe tween the ends of the box and the guards F, and the spring hooks orlatches P automatically catch on the bottom edges of the slots 0 of theflanges O, and thus lock the cover in place. The cover can be openedmore or less, as desired, can be pushed back, or can be raised. Theflanges or angleirons O on the ends ofthe cover prevent driving nailsthrough the cover into the box, and thus prevent the box from beingdamaged.

If desired, the box can be provided with a padlock or any other lock forkeeping it closed, in addition to the devices above described.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

V 1. The combination, with a box, of a cover pivotally secured thereto,and provided with longitudinally-slotted end flanges, and spring booksor catches on the ends of the box constructed to engage the edges of theslots in said end flanges.

2. The combination, with a box having pivots on its ends at the rearcorners, and also provided with spring-catches on its ends, of a coverprovided with flanges having 1ongitu dinal slots, and a notch in thebottom edge of each slot, the above-mentionedpivots passing through theflanges of the cover, and the notches engaging the said spring-catches,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a box provided with outwardly-proj ectin gpivots on the upper rear corners of the ends, of a cover having flangesprovided with longitudinal slots, through which slots the pivots pass,and thimbles or rollers on the said pivots, substantially as hereinshown and described.

4. The combination, with a box, of angleplates secured on the upper rearcorners of the ends, pivots projecting outward from the saidangle-plates, and a cover having flanges provided with longitudinalslots through which the pivots pass, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

5. The combination, with a box, of guards held to the ends a shortdistance from the outer surfaces of the same, pivots projecting out-Ward from the rear corners of the ends, and a cover having flangesprovided with longitudinal slots through which the pivots pass, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, with a box, of guards held on the ends a shortdistance from the outer surface of the same, angle-plates secured on theupper corners of the ends, pivots projecting from the angle-pieces, andscrewed into plates on the inner surfaces of the guards, and acoverhaving end flanges provided with longitudinal slots through whichthe pivots pass, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. The combination, with a box having out wardly-projecting pivots atthe upper corners of the ends, of rollersjournaled in the top edges ofthe ends, and of a cover having end flanges provided with longitudinalslots through which the pivots pass, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

8. The combination, with a box, of a cover having downwardly-projectingend flanges, and of guards held on the ends of the box, and forminggrooves between the guards and the box for receiving the flanges of thecover, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHRISTIAN MITRUOKER.

\Vitnesses:

EDUARD RUEHLARD, GUSTAV BIDINGER.

